f32168 cc15440	Northamptonshire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 26th, 27th, 28th July 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 46 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Essex 15 (Batting 3)
Umpires	R Julian, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 236/8 (Fletcher 73*, Lever 1*; 88 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 60/2 (McEwan 30*, Fletcher 10*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Yardley b TM Lamb	11
BR Hardie	lbw b Watts	43
KS McEwan	b TM Lamb	7
*KWR Fletcher	not out	82
KR Pont	c Yardley b Sarfraz Nawaz	19
N Phillip	b TM Lamb	62
S Turner	c Steele b Griffiths	8
RE East	c Steele b Griffiths	0
+N Smith	c Sharp b TM Lamb	1
JK Lever	not out	7
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 91.3 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-62, 3-68, 4-96, 5-205, 6-228, 7-232, 8-233

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	23	7	54	1	-	-
Griffiths	22.3	5	65	2	-	-
TM Lamb	24	7	54	4	-	-
Watts	10	3	22	1	-	-
Willey	12	1	45	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c McEwan b East	49
W Larkins	c Hardie b Lever	60
DS Steele	not out	60
AJ Lamb	not out	106
P Willey	did not bat
TJ Yardley	did not bat
*PJ Watts	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 17 lb, 4 nb)	27
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 87.1 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-112, 2-122

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	22	1	69	1	-	-
Phillip	19	1	66	0	-	-
Turner	13	5	39	0	-	-
East	26.1	3	71	1	-	-
Acfield	7	1	30	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Griffiths	1
BR Hardie	c Sharp b TM Lamb	18
KS McEwan	b TM Lamb	31
*KWR Fletcher	c TM Lamb b Sarfraz Nawaz	32
KR Pont	b Steele	20
N Phillip	c Larkins b Willey	0
S Turner	c Yardley b Steele	47
RE East	not out	31
+N Smith	lbw b Steele	7
JK Lever	c Yardley b Steele	0
DL Acfield	c Steele b Willey	3
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 10 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-35, 3-63, 4-100, 5-105, 6-125, 7-175, 8-195, 9-195, 10-208 (79 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	20	7	44	1	-	-
Griffiths	13	2	41	1	-	-
TM Lamb	8	0	20	2	-	-
Willey	14	5	39	2	-	-
Steele	24	9	46	4	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c Turner b Lever	1
W Larkins	c Acfield b Lever	14
DS Steele	lbw b East	21
AJ Lamb	c McEwan b East	3
P Willey	st Smith b East	2
TJ Yardley	c Turner b East	15
*PJ Watts	c Pont b East	26
+G Sharp	c Smith b East	10
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Pont b East	0
TM Lamb	c Hardie b East	9
BJ Griffiths	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 53.3 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-24, 3-27, 4-37, 5-50, 6-61, 7-85, 8-87, 9-101, 10-111 (53.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	9	2	18	2	-	-
Phillip	3	1	15	0	-	-
East	23.3	12	41	8	-	-
Acfield	18	7	29	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> W Larkins (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> DS Steele (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> AJ Lamb (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in County Championship matches
--> AJ Lamb (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> AJ Lamb (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> BR Hardie (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> RE East reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 8th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> RE East reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 8th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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